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Archives and Libraries

• Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
• If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
• Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives

North Korea International Documentation Project
Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027

Phone: (202) 691-4000
Email: wwics@wilsoncenter.org
Website

The North Korea International Documentation Project serves as an informational clearinghouse on North Korea for the scholarly and policymaking communities, disseminating documents on the DPRK from its former communist allies that provide valuable insight into the actions and nature of the North Korean state. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program.

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North Korean Archives Project
Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR)
10 F, 131 Tongil-ro
Sodaemun-gu, Seoul
Republic of Korea

Telephone: + 82 2 723-1672, 2671
Fax: +82-2-723-1671
Email: archivesnorthkorea@gmail.com
Website

This website and a related publication is a result of collaboration between the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR) with the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission of the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (IPN). We aim bring light to archived documentation on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) collected by the communist secret services in formerly communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe.

Libraries

National Library of Korea
201 BANPODAERO(BANPO-DONG)
SEOCHO-GU, SEOUL
REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Telephone: +82-2-590-0500
Rare Books of Korea (National Library of Korea Collection)

This category mainly consists of digitized materials of North Korean documents seized between 1945 and 1950 and housed by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The North Korean documents providing a glimpse into a part of the modern and contemporary history of Korea hold high value and significance as primary historical records. In addition, there are plans to present various other documents that shed light on the diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan in the modern times, the provisional government of the Republic of Korea, and the independence movement that was spurred in Korea.

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People's Grand Study Hall of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Pyongyang, North Korea

Phone number: 850-2-18111 (3818472)
Emailnsj@star-co.net.kp
Website
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Museums

Google listing of museums in North Korea

National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.